Matilda Rose "Tilly" Walnes (born January 1980) is an English fashion designer, author and educator.
Based in South London, she designs plain language sewing patterns and hosts online workshops.
[3] Walnes studied at the London College of Fashion after taking and enjoying an introduction to sewing class.
[3] Inspired by late 1960s fashion and the French New Wave, she began sewing her own clothes in 2010 and launched Tilly and the Buttons as a way to share her makes and connect with other sewers.
[10] In 2018 she discussed her career, personal style and balancing a business as a new mother on the Canadian podcast Love To Sew.